by jpitney | Mar 7, 2025 | Judiciary, Public Service, Violence
Reuters: Reuters interviews with 11 federal judges in multiple districts revealed mounting alarm over their physical security and, in some cases, a rise in violent threats in recent weeks. Most spoke on condition of anonymity and said they did not want to...
by jpitney | Mar 6, 2025 | Foreign Policy, Public Service
Robert D. Kaplan at Politico: America’s 41st president, George H. W. Bush, hated the word empire, but he knew how to run one. He was president at the moment the Berlin Wall fell: when the United States instantly became a unipolar power. His deft foreign policy made...
by jpitney | Mar 5, 2025 | Reagan, Trade
President Reagan, Radio Address to the Nation on International Free Trade November 20, 1982 When governments get too involved in trade, economic costs increase and political disputes multiply. Peace is threatened. In the 1930’s, the world experienced an...
by jpitney | Mar 4, 2025 | California Politics, Interns, Journalism, Journalists, Uncategorized
by jpitney | Mar 3, 2025 | Congress, Foreign Policy, Russia, Ukraine, Volunteering
Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, January 23, 1941. Subject: the Lend-Lease Bill: [LUTHER JOHNSON, D-TX] Which side are you on? Colonel LINDBERGH. On neither side, except our own. Mr. JOHNSON. Do you think it would be to the best interests of the United...
